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Gerdine DuijsensTake Life the Way It Is - Evocative Figures Celebrating Life with a Drink2014
2014
About the Item
Gerdine Duijsens’ spirited and evocative figures are instantly recognizable and unforgettable. Through lush, bold colors and energetic marks, her paintings emit a sense of pleasure and contentment. Their candid nature brings delight into the rooms in which they hang. Enjoyment is at the heart of her figurative artworks, and the people she creates are always savoring the moment. We can’t help but be charmed by their lust for life.
This large one-of-a-kind 40 inch square artwork is stretched, wired, and ready to hang. Duijsen's painting includes wonderful textures created with an intriguing balance of bold, colorful brush strokes and thin black lines, adding a distinct character to the people and their surroundings. She captures the essence of each figure through her abstract treatment of the artwork. The sides of this unique artwork are painted black. It does not require framing. Gerdine signs her paintings on the bottom in black, blending the signature with her captivating brushwork.
Free local Los Angeles area delivery is included. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping are available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included.
Gerdine Duijsens was born in Utrecht, Netherlands, and studied at the Art Academy and the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgium. The work of Gerdine Duijsens is a synthesis between figurative and abstract art. In their unguarded moments, Gerdine displays her characters with slight derision as their vulnerable and insecure selves, when in their seemingly unobserved moments they briefly try to escape from a world in which status, knowledge, protocols, and power keep them prisoner.
Her people are "bon-vivant," somewhat blasé, comical, cheerful, and bored. The partying, dining, happily single, and Botox paintings have become Gerdine's trademarks and have generated a steadily growing club of collectors internationally. We recognize the people on the canvasses, they're our families, they're our friends, they're us. They move us and make us laugh. We love them and want to have them with us. We want them with us because they make us happy.
REPRESENTATION
Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA
EXHIBITIONS
2023 "Postcards From Nowhere", Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2021 “Representation of Imagination”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Mixed Exhibition, Byard Art, Cambridge
2019 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong
2019 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong
2018 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY
2017 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong
2017 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY
2016 Art Hamptons, NY
2015 Affordable Art Fair Singapore
2015 Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam, NL
2015 Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
2015 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs, CA
2015 LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Red Dot Art Fair, Miami, FL
2014 Art Toronto, Canada
2014 Houston Fine Art Fair, TX
2014 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA
2013 Galerie Daniel Guidat, Cannes, France
2013 Fondaco Arte Architettura, Rome, Italy
2013 Galerie Patries van Dorst, Wassenaar, Netherlands
2012 Affordable Art Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2012 Affordable Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium
2012 Lille Art Fair, France
2011 Biennale Florence, Italy
2011 Vindemia Art Gallery, Abu Dhabi
2011 Galerie Gerdine, Keulen
2011 HeArt Show, Istanbul, Turkey
2011 Gallery Amersfoort, Netherlands
2011 Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam, Netherlands
2010 Holland Art Gallery, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2010 Fine Fleur Art Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2010 Gallery Pascale Froessel, Strassbourg, France
2010 The Elephant parade Emmen, Netherlands
2010 Workshop Liliane Fonds, Sri Lanka
2010 Giga kunst Goirle, Netherlands
2010 Mirtos Animal Project
2010 Docters Art Maastricht, Netherlands
2010 Galeria del Arte Breda, Netherlands
2009 Gallery Fondaco, Roma, Italy
2007 Kunsthal Holland Art Gallery, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2007 Museum Bydgoszsz, Poland
2006 Holland Art Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2005 Holland Art Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2005 Holland Art Gallery, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2004 Galerie Dejavu, Son en Breugel
2004 Holland Art Gallery, Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Creator:Gerdine Duijsens (Dutch)
- Creation Year:2014
- Dimensions:Height: 40 in (101.6 cm)Width: 40 in (101.6 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Los Angeles, CA
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